Ron Paul's lead is holding as of their 5:10PM EST posting. 42-33-20-5

[Renew Deal]

Paul 798 42%
Romney 614 33%
Santorum 374 20%
Gingrich 85 5%
Other 7 <1%


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?authkey=CKT21ZkH&hl=en_US&key=0AjQBwcCtzwG8dEdGUWZjS1FwTW8wTzVyOEJ6dmg4cHc&toomany=true

Santorum at 20% is impressive.

[Old and In the Way]

1. I wonder what % this is of the total caucus vote so far?

1700 is a pretty unimpressive number.

[Renew Deal]

3. Here are the 2008 results

Romney, Mitt 2,826 52.03%
McCain, John Sidney, III 1,144 21.06% 20 95.24%
Paul, Ronald Ernest "Ron" 997 18.36%
Huckabee, Michael Dale "Mike" 312 5.74%
Uncommitted 132 2.43%

[book_worm]

2. Romney losing in Maine would be hilarious!

his fourth straight loss, plus PPP is tweeting that in their first night of polling that Santorum is leading Romney in MICHIGAN!! Boy, that Mittens is one strong 'front runner.'

[Old and In the Way]

5. More bad news for Mitt.

Thinking back to the 2008 primaries, I really don't recall the focus on Mitt's Bain Capital background. I really don't remember much trashing of the candidates in 2008 like we're seeing in this cycle. Regardless, the Republican base seems to have gotten far more conservative in their thinking...no more moderate candidates for them.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. That's hilarious.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. 4 losses in a row sure would look bad for the inevitable one

and after seeing Rachel's segment on how Crazy Uncle Ron is trying to corrupt the delegate system in the caucus states I like the idea of a Ron Paul win even more.


He can't ever be nominated but he sure can make a case for a 3rd party run.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Will they let him drive the clown car, even if it's only for one victory lap?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. No one drives the clown car

It just has its steering wheel detached and passed around inside from one clown to the next.

[Brother Buzz]

9. LOL, the things you can learn from DU

Still, if there was such a thing as civility with these clowns, they'd let him sit up in the front seat next to a window for that victory lap